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Colouring books for anxiety

disenchantedxx April 6th, 2016

Does anyone else use colouring books for anxiety help?

If so which colouring books do you have?

I have a cat therapy colouring book.

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writecolorread April 6th, 2016

Yes, I use them. I use Dover's line of Creative Haven books and coloring pages printed from the internet. It's very helpful!

mimameid April 6th, 2016

I recently bought a Scandinavian Patterns coloring book and I love it so far! There are so many neat designs in it. Although I'm trying to find a way to really use it when I'm feeling anxious because most of the time when I'm going through an anxiety attack, the last thing I really think about is using a coloring book to help calm me down. But, we'll see. :)

Lightworker1111 April 6th, 2016

I heart Adult Coloring Books!!! I find them to be very relaxing and therapeutic smiley

Here is a list of Coloring Books I have:

(1) Secret Garden ~ by: Johanna Basford

(2) Enchanted Forest ~ by: Johanna Basford

~*Happy Coloring Everyone*~

In LOVE & In LIGHT ~Namaste~ (Lightworker1111) heartenlightened

Geecat April 6th, 2016

Thank you for this - I've been meaning to try this out and I appreciate the reminder :) I'm so happy to see other people that this has helped, it makes me feel hopeful <3

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Geecat April 7th, 2016

@Geecat

UPDATE: I got coloring books today :3

Enchanting Gardens by: Nikolett Corley

A Million Cats by: Lulu Mayo

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JumpingJade April 7th, 2016

I've heard a lot about using coloring to cope with anxiety but I have never tried it myself, mostly because I feel like in that moment where I'm freaking out I will be too wound up to sit stilk and color.

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GenerousJess September 26th, 2016

@JumpingJade You make a very good point! Maybe you can turn to the coloring book once you see that your anxiety is beginning to heighten and perhaps use it as a method to calm yourself down before you get too riled up? Or use it as a cool-down to help get your mind centered again. I hope you give it a try! :)

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disenchantedxx OP April 8th, 2016

It's great that people find colouring books so helpful :) I'd really reccommend trying them out for anxiety

creativeCamp2095 April 9th, 2016

I actually just use the regular coloring books for kids. They're not as intricate as the adult ones, but I find them just as calming. Plus they have lots of my favorite cartoon characters and superheroes, etc. smiley

Quinzel241 April 30th, 2016

Oh I love my colouring books! Right now I'm working on Exotic Animals! πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’š

creativeCamp2095 May 7th, 2016

I found an app today on google play called Mandala Coloring Pages. It's free, and it lets you color right on your phone or tablet. smiley Not exactly a coloring book, but it's portable!

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GenerousJess September 26th, 2016

@creativeCamp2095 Thank you so much for sharing this! The ability to have a portable coloring book on your phone means you don't have to carry one around all the time for when it could be helpful!

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